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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
803 PM EDT SAT AUG 17 2019
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A
* SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FOR...
COASTAL WATERS FROM EDISTO BEACH SC TO SAVANNAH GA OUT 20 NM...
COASTAL WATERS FROM SAVANNAH GA TO ALTAMAHA SOUND GA OUT 20 NM ...
INCLUDING GRAYS REEF NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARY...
WATERS FROM EDISTO BEACH SC TO SAVANNAH GA EXTENDING FROM 20 NM TO
40 NM...
WATERS FROM SAVANNAH GA TO ALTAMAHA SOUND GA EXTENDING FROM 20 NM
TO 60 NM...
WATERS FROM SOUTH SANTEE RIVER SC TO EDISTO BEACH SC EXTENDING FROM
20 NM TO 40 NM...
* UNTIL 930 PM EDT.
* AT 802 PM EDT, THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WATERSPOUTS AND
STRONG WIND GUSTS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 10 NM
SOUTHEAST OF EDISTO OFFSHORE REEF TO 6 NM SOUTHEAST OF BETSY ROSS
REEF TO NEAR TUG RIO APON, MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 KNOTS.
HAZARD...WATERSPOUTS AND WIND GUSTS 35 KNOTS OR GREATER.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...WATERSPOUTS CAN EASILY OVERTURN BOATS AND CREATE LOCALLY
HAZARDOUS SEAS. SMALL CRAFT COULD BE DAMAGED IN BRIEFLY
HIGHER WINDS AND SUDDENLY HIGHER WAVES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SAYLER BARGE... BUOY J...
BETSY ROSS REEF... R7 TOWER...
EDISTO OFFSHORE REEF... HONEY BARGE...
TUG SENASQUA... LATEX BARGE...
BUOY L... DREDGE HENRY...
R2 TOWER... TUG ELMIRA...
TUG DELTA DIAMOND... 110 DEGREE OLYMPIC BUOY...
FERRY BOAT JANET... TUG RIO APON...
BUOY TENDER SAGEBRUSH... C C A BUOY...
TUG MATT TURECAMO...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO SAFE HARBOR IMMEDIATELY OR REMAIN IN SAFE HARBOR AS GUSTY
WINDS AND HIGH WAVES ARE EXPECTED.
LAT...LON 3118 8062 3170 8093 3215 8040 3232 7996
3229 7989 3246 7958 3223 7938 3204 7966
3195 7987 3183 7998 3171 8014 3158 7988
3146 7995 3142 8003 3111 8028
TIME...MOT...LOC 0002Z 327DEG 12KT 3212 7969 3201 8030 3169 8082
WATERSPOUT...POSSIBLE
HAIL...0.00IN
WIND...>34KTS
SPR
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